Profile
From an elite education, a marquee apprenticeship and successfully defending a famed mob prince – to a U.S. Supreme Court argument, adjunct law professorships and a string of professional accolades – Fernich’s accomplished resume, exacting standards and will to win promise aggressive and effective representation in any predicament clients face.
Experience
Law Office of Marc Fernich, New York, NY, 1998- Principal
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, White Plains, NY, 2016-
Adjunct Professor, Advanced Appellate Advocacy
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY, 2008-
Adjunct Associate Professor, Appellate Advocacy
Richard French Live (Regional Network News/Verizon FiOS1), Rye Brook,
NY, 2012-17
Legal Analyst
Judd Burstein, P.C./Law Offices of Judd Burstein/Burstein & Fass LLP, New York, NY, 1993-97
Criminal and Civil Litigation Associate
Liddle, O’Connor, Finkelstein & Robinson, New York, NY, 1990-92
Summer and Full-Time Civil Litigation Associate
Hon. David F. Jordan, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of New York, Hauppauge, NY, 1989
Judicial Intern
Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia, PA, 1986-88
Domestic Violence Intern
Admissions
New York; Massachusetts; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. appeals courts – Second, Third, Fourth, Ninth, Eleventh circuits; U.S. district courts – Southern and Eastern New York, Vermont
Honors
Defense Lawyer of the Year, ganglandnews.com – 2017
Criminal Lawyer of the Year, Institute of Jewish Humanities – 2014
Director and Amicus Curiae (friend of court) Committee Co-Chair, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – 2012-
New York’s largest criminal bar group
New York-Metro Area Super Lawyer – 2009-
Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Preeminent Rating
Education
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL – JD, 1991
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA – BA English Cum Laude, 1988
Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT – Cum Laude, 1983
Other
Award Winning Student Journalist
Columbia University Scholastic Press Association, National College Gold Circle Award – Best News Feature/Interpretive Profile, “Reinterpreting King’s Vision,” 1989
The Daily Pennsylvanian/34th Street magazine – Columnist of the Year, 1987-88; Writer of the Year, 1987-88
